Post-processing apparatus that performs post-processing on sheets discharged from image forming apparatus
US12252371B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 2023 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2043 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2801/27
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A buffer unit receives a sheet and temporarily holds a predetermined number of sheets so as to be overlaid on one another. A stacking unit stacks the predetermined number of sheets conveyed toward a first direction. A moving unit comes into contact with an uppermost sheet among the predetermined number of sheets stacked on the stacking unit and moves the uppermost sheet further toward the first direction. A regulating unit comes into contact with an end portion of the stack of sheets on the stacking unit to regulate the position of the stack of sheets. A control unit controls the predetermined number of sheets.
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